"What can I say? 14 ounces of beefy goodness"
Situated on the 21st floor of the Bank of America building in downtown Bellevue, it commands an impressive view of Bellevue, Lake Washington and downtown Seattle with the Olympic Mountains in the background. We arrived a little bit before 6pm and while the restaurant was bustling with folks, we were seated immediately and greeted by our server. He asked us if we celebrating anything special and after telling him about our belated anniversary and birthday, he congratulated us, which was very nice of him. He made some fabulous wine and appetizer recommendations and left us to look over the menu. My wife ordered a glass wine, based on the waiter's recommendation and ordered the Spicy Barbecue Prawns.
Meaty shrimp. Tangy sauce. Great way to start a meal. Oh!, and there was bread!
I was half expecting the shrimp to be on a skewer drenched in thick brown barbecue sauce so I was surprised to see the appetizer look more like Shrimp in Chili Sauce, something similar to what we had at Guu With Garlic. It had the right amount of barbecue tanginess without being overly sweet and hearty meatiness with each morsel of shrimp that made a great starter dish. I would have liked to have seen more shrimp.
My wife ordered the Lobster Club Salad, which had a generous serving of lobster meat mixed in with dressing and garnished with avocado and egg on top of mixed greens and tomatoes. The dressing was a wonderful combination of thousand island, red wine vinegar, soy sauce and lemon juice. It looked great but alas, I didn't get to try it out since my dish had arrived at the same time.
Lobster Club Salad ... lobster meat, avocado, egg, mixed greens, and little bacon bits ... yum.
I ordered the rib eye, medium rare with a side of garlic mashed potatoes. What can I say? 14 ounces of beefy goodness, cooked to tender perfection with loads of flavor. The garlic mashed potato was very tasty.
It's a steak. Of course it was good.
We ate slowly, savoring every bite and enjoying the lovely ambiance of the restaurant. Once we were done with our meal, our waiter brought out the dessert menu. We spent a good amount of time, pouring over each of the dessert entries and almost came to a decision (I was going to get the cheesecake) when our waiter came over with dessert, compliments of the restaurant. He again congratulated us on our anniversary, my birthday, our getting away from the kids and brought the following:
Mmmm ... dessert and candles.
This was a pleasant surprise: his and hers dessert with mini chocolate cake, fruits and a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a candle. Our waiter said it was on the house, which was a very nice gesture on the part of the restaurant. We were tempted to still order dessert (I want my cheesecake, dammit) but we were full so this little sampler set was the perfect size and the perfect way to top a wonderful evening. Highly recommended, whether you're celebrating something or not.
Daniel's Broiler - Bellevue
10500 N.E. 8th, 21st Floor
Bellevue, WA 98004
425.462.4662
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